Appearance: Yellow brown crystalline powder Infrared spectrometry Match with reference substance Purity ≥98% (GC) Melting point 106°C - 110°C Loss on drying <1.5 % Sulfated ash <0.1 % Ampyrone is a reagent for glucose determination in the presence of peroxidase and phenol. Ampyrone is a metabolite of aminopyrine with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.
Its use as a drug is discouraged due to the risk of agranulocytosis. It is used as a reagent for biochemical reactions producing peroxides or phenols. Ampyrone stimulates livermicrosomes and is also used to measure extracellular water